Bandage machine



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' Hiram H. Dailey, y*San Antonio, Tex., assignor of vone-half to;

, Antonio, Tex.

erdinand L. Toepperwein, San

Applica-.tien Febma'ryiv, 1937, Serin No. 126,301

` ,z Ultimay (ciel- 30) By way of explanation, it may be stated" that it is a common practice to coat bandage mate-v rial with plaster of Paris or the like, for a well known use in hospitals or elsewhere. Heretofore,

-=` in practice, this coating of the bandage, has

been done by hand to a large extent, much time being consumed in the process. The present invention aims to provide novel means for coating or treating the bandage with material through the instrumentality of a simple machine which, in operation, will save a. great deal of time in the treating of the bandage of various widths and also will promote a more uniform application of the material to the bandage than has been possible otherwise.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan;

Fig. 3- is a longitudinal section;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing the intermediate longitudinal partition removed so as to coat or treat a bandage of maximum width.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided an elongated trough-like casing I, which may be made of any desired material. The casing I includes a bottom 2, a fixed outer end wall 3 and fixed side walls 4. The casing includes, also, an inner end wall 5 received for vertical adjustment in grooves or seats 6 formed in the inner surfaces of the side Walls 4, the construction being such that an opening I I of small height exists below the lower edge of the end wall 5. Ordinarily, the lower end of the wall 5 rests by gravity on the bandage which is to be treated, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The end wall 5 is spaced from one extremity Vof the casing I to form supporting arms I in which is journaled a carrying shaft 8 on which is mounted the roll I9 of `band-- age which is tobe treated. The shaft `8 is vdetachably and removably mounted in the support-A 5- ing arms 'I.

The end walls 5 and 3 are provided with transversely spaced seats 9, in any of which a longitudinal partition I0 may be mounted, the position of the partition II] being governed by the l0 width of the bandage which is to be treated.

On their inner surfaces, the side walls 4 ol the casing I are supplied with inclined grooves or seats I2, and there is a similar groove or seat in the inner surface o-f one side of the longitu- 15 dinal partition I0, as indicated in Fig. 2. In the seats I2 is mounted an inclined gate I4. A compartment I5 exists between the gate I4 and the inner end wall 5, this compartment being adapted to receive the material I6 which is to beap- 20 plied to the bandage.

Near that end of the casing I which is remote from the arms 1, a transverse operating shaft I1 is removably journaled for rotation, the shaft being operated by a crank I8 or otherwise. 25

In practical operation, the roll of bandage I9 is mounted on the shaft 8 and is extended through the slot or opening II beneath the inner end wall 5, the bandage being extended between the lower edge of the gate I4 and the bottom 30 of the casing I. The extremity `of the bandage is engaged With the operating shaft I'I. The plaster of Paris or other material I6 which is to be applied to the bandage is mounted in the compartment I5 above the portion of the bandage which 35 travels along the bottom 2 of the casing I, between the end wall 5 and the gate I4.

When the shaft II is rotated by means ofthe crank I8 or its equivalent, the bandage is advanced oi the roll on the shaft 8, and is accumulated in a roll 25 on the shaft I1. The bandage is drawn beneath the material I 6 in the compartment I5 and is coated or treated with the material.

It will be obvious that by the operation of the 45 simple machine above described, a great length of bandage may be treated in a short time, and the treating operation can be carried out more evenly than is the case when the material is applied by hand sifting or otherwise.

If an unusually wide bandage 26 is to be treated, the intermediate longitudinal partition I0 is removed, as shown in Fig. 6, and a gate 2U, Wider than the gate I4, is mounted in the grooves I2 of the side walls 4 of the casing I. If a strip of bandage narrower than that shown in Fig. 2 is to be treated, the partition I is shifted over in Fig. 2, toward the top of the sheet of drawings, into the corresponding seats 9, a gate narrower than the gate I4 being inserted into the slots l2 of one wall 4 and of the partition l0.

The device is simple in construction but will be found to be thoroughly advantageous for the ends in View. A large amount of bandage may be treated in a short time, and the application of the material I6 to the bandage will be more uniform than has been possible heretofore.

By raising or lowering the spreader or gate I4, the thickness of the coating of plaster of Paris or other powder applied to the bandage material may be regulated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: v

1. In a device for treating bandage, a casing including side walls and provided at one end with a carrying shaft and at its opposite end with a 'winding shaft, the casing having a rst end wall located adjacent to the carrying shaft, the casing having a second end wall spaced from the first end wall, there being an opening for bandage material below the first end wall, a longitudinal partition extended between the end walls, means for mounting the partition removably on the end Walls and a vertically adjustable gate on the partition and on one side wall, the gate being located between the end walls and defining a compartment for material to be applied to the bandage.

2. In a device for treating a bandage, a casing including side Walls, a carrying shaft journaled at one end of the casing, a winding shaft journaled at the opposite end of the casing, an end wall extended between the side walls and located adjacent to the carrying shaft, there being a bandage-receiving opening below the end wall, a longitudinal` partition in the casing, and a vertically adjustable gate cooperating with the partition, with one side wall and with the end Wall to dene a compartment for material to be applied to the bandage, there being separate holding means located at the ends of the partition for retaining the partition removably and adjustably at diierent distances from said side wall, thereby to vary the width of the compartment, one of said holding means being located on the end Wall.

I-IIRAM H. DAILEY. 

